It’s been a while since I published anything about vRealize Orchestrator here. Besides Ansible and PowerCLI, the vRealize Orchestrator is still my first choice for the reliable automation of …
Recently I had to create VMware vSphere VMs with a whole bunch of virtual disks. The application running inside of the virtual machines required a special disk layout and …
Since Veeam has recently published the Veeam ONE 10 and Veeam Backup & Replication 10 RTM Build for Partners and Service Providers, I wanted to get my Veeam Availability …
In 2016 I never thought that almost four years later I would still be working on my PowerShell script for a PRTG Veeam Sensor. But even shortly after the …
In common server configurations for VMware ESXi Hosts, the boot device is usually an SD-Card or a USB stick. These devices are cheap, require very low-maintenance and have a …
For some time now I have been focusing more on NetApp Data ONTAP again. As usual, automation is a spotlight of my interest. NetApp offers a lot of options …
My new hobby project, Veeam ONE unattended installation with Ansible, was pretty interesting for me because of two reasons. First of all, I’ve never taken a closer look at …
VMware vSphere Tags are a great tool to build a deep integration with other VMware or third-party products. Veeam already could use vSphere Tags as a backup object in …
Creating an initial set of Ansible Veeam modules has been my goal for a while. It was clear that this had to be possible with the Ansible concept of …
There are already a lot of great projects out there for the Veeam unattended installation. One of the most advanced projects is for sure the Chef cookbook for Veeam …
Since security is a requirement for the complete infrastructure stack, we will cover the vSphere VM Security Configuration with Ansible in this article. One of my prior posts has …
For a small lab or test environment is a full CA setup far too much effort. So, I have decided to create a new root and intermediate CA with …
If you read the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide you will agree that the security configuration of VMware ESXi hosts is mostly about managing services, advanced options, …
A few weeks ago I started digging into the Ansible universe. One of the first things I learned was the need for a proper Ansible Development Setup. My common …
Some time ago I have moved one of my PowerShell projects to a new Atlassian Bitbucket server with Bamboo connection for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. To continue using …